Castling

I find this information necessary for online play with the board and want it to share, so others can also benefit and add their comments.

What happened to me was the following. I wanted to perform black king-side castle.

• In a quick movement, I lifted the black king from e8 and put it down on g8
• Immediately afterwards, I lifted the rook and put it down on f8
• The system registered this as rook move only, Rg8

I could reproduce this. When performing the castling by lifting and putting down the pieces, in Blitz play speed, it did not work. The workaround is as below.

• Lift the black king from e8 and put it down on g8
• Wait until the system registers the king move as castle move, so announces the castle move
• Only after the castle move announcement by the voice extension, move the rook

Is this clear? Have others experienced similar or other problems with castling? The other problem is when sliding the king, and sliding is not fast enough. Then this is registered as a king one square move. This problem is nothing new, for sliding must be down with swift movements.

I have experienced the same problem.  This is very clear and helpful.  Thank you!

Yes, this exact topic has been posted several times in the general forums. Move the King first and then WAIT for Chess.com to recognize the castling maneuver BEFORE moving the Rook. 

Very useful. Thank you

Thanks for the feedback.

To state the obvious. I play Kg8 then Rf8 very fast, both by lifting and putting down and lifting rook over the king. I never play Rg8, and I don't slide, but this move comes out. It looks like the king and the rook move get mixed up, or does somebody understand what happens? I also found Kf8 and Rf8 as output. As mentioned, playing Kg8 by lifting and putting down, then waiting till registered, is the only sure way to castle, per my understanding.

If I do the same with queen-side castling, so first moving the king then quickly the rook, both by lifting and putting down, the system gives the rook move Rc8 for black or Rc1 for white. Looks like king and rook move get mixed up when done fast.

Yeah me too, the same happening to me, i learnt to move the king two squares and wait the system capture this like a castle, and then move the rook.